For U.S. orders, Plaid Hat says "This item will ship to our pre-orderers the first week of October. Orders placed after that will ship on the release date." They've also said that retail orders would go out after preorders.

However, our shipment was delayed in customs. The European orders would have been shipped independently, so it's possible that the your orders could go out earlier -- unless they deliberately hold the shipment to give their preorders an edge.

EU retail stores getting their copies before US pre-orders would be kind of a kick in the pants, although EU seemed to have gotten a little hosed on the pre-orders as individual EU shipping was really costly/unavailable.

EU retail stores getting their copies before US pre-orders would be kind of a kick in the pants, although EU seemed to have gotten a little hosed on the pre-orders as individual EU shipping was really costly/unavailable.

Going by the flag badge, he appears to be in Canada, not Europe. I will believe Canada retail gets it on the 15th when I see it.

I'm not familiar with shipping procedures in the states, but if retail pegs a release date as the first, fifteenth or last day of the month, it usually means that it's a placeholder date, or guesstimate based on retailer/distributor information.

EU retail stores getting their copies before US pre-orders would be kind of a kick in the pants, although EU seemed to have gotten a little hosed on the pre-orders as individual EU shipping was really costly/unavailable.

Going by the flag badge, he appears to be in Canada, not Europe. I will believe Canada retail gets it on the 15th when I see it.

Plaid Hat is owned by F2Z Entertainment which has it headquarters (and warehouse) in Canada. It is conceivable.